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THE ISLAND - CUSTOM BUILT EDITION by Gekko
The edit:
Really good. Again there were no hard cuts, no flaws to the image or the scenes, the plot was complete and had a nice flow to it. There were 2 scenes in which for whatever reasons people stutter mechanically, which I consider audio flaws, but they are minor and did not distract to much from the movie. This for sure is a nice fanedit. On the entertainment level I was not totally happy with this, because I still felt unsatisfied after watching it, which I refer to a rather weak ending and still too much and way over the top action scenes. The turn of the Special Ops guy... I didn't buy it. The truck chase with that flying motorcycle... terrible and not thrilling. I think there should have been more editing done to make it a more believable and more serious movie.
editing: 4 of 5,
entertainment: 3 of 5
Image quality:
The conversion to h264 did cost a tiny little bit of sharpness, still the image quality, especially for a fanedit is superb.
video quality: 5 of 5
Audio quality:
Now the audio was reduced to 128bit stereo, which shows a bit, but is not destracting at all. There are two slight audio flaws when people talk and they repeat their first word, which sounds like a mechanical stutter, probably caused by editing and trying to keep the audio in sync. Still the audio was very good, which is a relief compared to so many other fanedits.
audio: 4 of 5
The DVD:
Well, I created it myself, so I cannot rate it.
resulting in a 4 of 5 overall rating from me. This is a very good fanedit and definitely a huge improvement over the original and again shows a lot of talent and expertise from the faneditor GEKKO. The movie still is no masterpiece and I think it could be further improved, but what we get here is already a rather good movie, which still lacks due to the amount of unfitting action scenes, when the story could have been so much more like a science fiction drama. Still the release as quicktime movies is not perfect, especially compared to others who care to deliver more than just the movie, but also the atmosphere of a true DVD experience. I also missed end credits. This may not be necessary, but it makes me feel good, if I can think about the movie while a cool final song is running and maybe get some further info on what was done, on names and whatever else there is to tell.
The edit:
Really good. Again there were no hard cuts, no flaws to the image or the scenes, the plot was complete and had a nice flow to it. There were 2 scenes in which for whatever reasons people stutter mechanically, which I consider audio flaws, but they are minor and did not distract to much from the movie. This for sure is a nice fanedit. On the entertainment level I was not totally happy with this, because I still felt unsatisfied after watching it, which I refer to a rather weak ending and still too much and way over the top action scenes. The turn of the Special Ops guy... I didn't buy it. The truck chase with that flying motorcycle... terrible and not thrilling. I think there should have been more editing done to make it a more believable and more serious movie.
editing: 4 of 5,
entertainment: 3 of 5
Image quality:
The conversion to h264 did cost a tiny little bit of sharpness, still the image quality, especially for a fanedit is superb.
video quality: 5 of 5
Audio quality:
Now the audio was reduced to 128bit stereo, which shows a bit, but is not destracting at all. There are two slight audio flaws when people talk and they repeat their first word, which sounds like a mechanical stutter, probably caused by editing and trying to keep the audio in sync. Still the audio was very good, which is a relief compared to so many other fanedits.
audio: 4 of 5
The DVD:
Well, I created it myself, so I cannot rate it.
resulting in a 4 of 5 overall rating from me. This is a very good fanedit and definitely a huge improvement over the original and again shows a lot of talent and expertise from the faneditor GEKKO. The movie still is no masterpiece and I think it could be further improved, but what we get here is already a rather good movie, which still lacks due to the amount of unfitting action scenes, when the story could have been so much more like a science fiction drama. Still the release as quicktime movies is not perfect, especially compared to others who care to deliver more than just the movie, but also the atmosphere of a true DVD experience. I also missed end credits. This may not be necessary, but it makes me feel good, if I can think about the movie while a cool final song is running and maybe get some further info on what was done, on names and whatever else there is to tell.
